Malted-milk dispenser



A. E. SHUTTERLY.

I MALTED MILK DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-9,1918.

1,355,279. Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

A TTOR/VEV UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

AGALLIOUS ELBERT SHUTTERLY, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 THOMPSONS MALTED FOOD COMPANY, OF WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, A COR- PORATION OF WISCONSIN.

MALTED-MILK DISPENSER.

part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a dispenser of malted milk or similar products, for use at soda fountains or the like, which will serve to protect the material from moisture in the air and :will discharge it in measured quantities and at the same time agitate the material in the container to assist the free flow thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the malted milk dispenser as herein claimed and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts in different views:

Figure 1 is a side view of a malted milk dispenser constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof; and,

Fig. 3 is a detail view partly in section showing the arrangement of the agitator.

In these drawings 10 indicates a supporting bracket having a clamp 11 at its lower end for securing it to the edge of a table or counter and provided with an overhanging cup-shaped jar-holder 12 at its upper end.

7 flow into a measuring cavity 16 formed in a cylindrical plug 17 which is rotatably mounted in a cylindrical bearing 18 secured to or projecting from the bottom of the jarholder. A crank handle 19 projecting from the plug 17 constitutes a means for giving Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

Serial No. 253,219.

the plug a half turn to move it from the position in which its cavity 16 registers with opening 15 to the opposite position in which the cavity 16 registers with an opening 20 in the bottom of the bearing 18. Thus the material received by the cavity 16 from the container 13 through the opening 15 in one position of the plug is discharged through theopening 20 into a glass held therebeneath when the plug is turned to its other position.

- To limit the crank handle to a swing of one-half turn, a lug 21 is formed on the end of the plug 17 and engages opposite shoulders 22 projecting from the bearing 18. This projecting lug 21 also serves to prevent endwise movement of the plug. in one direction while endwise movement of the plug in the opposite direction is prevented by means of a screw 23 threaded in the end of the plug with its head engaging the edge of the bearing 18. The screw 23 has one side of its head cut away so that it is not necessary to entirely remove it in order to release the plug to permit of its withdrawal.

An agitator 24, preferably consisting of a bent wire, is passed through a flaring opening 25 in the bottom .of the jar holder 12 near the end of the plug and its bent cranklike-end enters an opening in the end of the plug which is at one side of the center. The turning of the plug thus causes the agitator to slide through the opening and swing from one side to the other so as to carry its V- shaped other end back and forth above the opening 15 to agitate the material directly above said opening.

In operation the glass is held beneath the dispenser and the handle 19 is swung from one position to the other, causing the measured quantity of material in the cavity 16 to be dropped into the glass. The handle is then returned to its original position where the cavity is refilled with the material which has been loosened by the swinging movements of the agitator incident to the movements of the plug.

The plug may be readily removed so that the parts may be kept clean. The material is protected from the air keeping it free from dust and preventing caking from the moisture in the air.

I desire it to be understood that this in- V the cavityregisters With an opening in the V vention is not limited to any specific form or arrangement of parts except in sofar as such limitation is specified in the claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: a

1; A' lispenser for malted milk and the like, comprising a container having an opening in its bottom, a plug turning in a bearing in the bottom of the container andprovided with a cavity to receive material from the container through said opening and adapted when the plug is turned to dis charge the material through an opening in the bearing, and an agitator passing through an opening in the bottom of the container and having eccentric connection with the plug to be swung above the opening by the turning movements of the plug. 7

2. A dispenser for malted milk and the like, comprising a suitably supported jarholder, an inverted jar held thereby,-a plug mounted to turn in'a bearing in the bottom of the jar-holder and provided with acavity registering with a discharge opening in the bottom of'the jar-holder, a handle on the plug for turning it to a positlon in wh1ch bearing, a wire passing through an opening in the arholder and having eccentric connection with the plug at one end and havingthe other end bent over the discharge opening of the jar-holder for agitating the material.

3. A dispenser for malted milk and the like, comprising a supporting bracket having a clamp at one end and an overhanging cup-shaped jar-holder at the other'end, an inverted jar supported in the jar-holder, a cylindrical bearing on the bottom of the jarholder, a plug mounted to turn within the bearing and provided with a cavity regis tering with a discharge opening through the jar-holder, a crank handle on the plug for turning it to cause the cavity to register with an opening in the bearing, a lug on the plug engaging shoulders on the bearing for limit ing the movements of the plug, a screw threaded in the end of the plug with its head engaging the bearing to prevent the withdrawal of the plug, and an agitator formed of wire passing through an opening in the jar holder with one end bent to enter an eccentric openingin the end of the plug and the other end extending over the discharge opening of the jar-holder.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

AGALLIOUS ELBERT' SHUTTERLY.

Witnesses V GHAs. W. WINGER, CHAS. T. MAOLAY. 

